Curtain-fixture



' (No Model.)

C. M. BANKS. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Patente-d Aug; so, 1.892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. BANKS, OF BOARDMAN, FLORIDA.

CURTAIN-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,684, dated August 30, 1892.

I Application iiled February 10, 1892. Serial No. 420,981. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. BANKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boardman, in the county of Marion and State of Florida,have invented a new and useful Curtain-Fixture, of which the followingisaspeciication.

The invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive curtain-{ixture, by which a curtain or shade may be adjusted vertically on a window to permit an unobstructed draft or ventilation at the top of a Window when the upper sash is lowered.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a curtain-fixture constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.

1 designates a transverse bar extending across a window and carrying curtain-brackets 2, in which is mounted a curtain-roller 3, having a curtain 4. The bar 1 is horizontally disposed andis connected with and suspended from the top of the window 5 by a vertical slotted bar 6, which slides between blocks '7 and is secured in its adjustment by a set-screw 8. The ends of the bar l rest against the faces of the sides 9 of the window, and the bar is prevented from moving longitudinally by shoulders 10, arranged near the en d of the bar and formed by recessing the same and engaging the inner faces of 'the sides of the window. By this construction the sides of the window serve as guides for the horizontal bar 1. The vertical bar 6 has its lower end secured in a recess at the inner face of the horizontal bar, its sides are beveled, and the inner opposed edges ll of the block 7 are beveled and form a dovetailed recess or way, 1n which the vertical bar slides. The slot l2 of the vertical bar extends nearly throughout the entire length of the same, and the setscrew 8, which is mounted on the top of the window between the block 7, is arranged in the longitudinal slotof the vertical bar and secures the curtain at any desired adjustment. It will thus be seen that the curtain may be adjusted vertically on a window, so that it will not interfere with the ventilation when the upper sash is lowered. The vertical bar is arranged at the middle of the window and does not interfere with the attachments of the curtain-roller bracket, the horizontal bar is provided with means to prevent lateral swaying of the curtain-fixture, and the sides of a window are utilized as guides for the curtainfixture.

What I claim is- The combination, with a window-frame, of a horizontal bar having its' ends resting against and adapted to slide on the outer faces of the sides of the window-frame and provided on its inner face with shoulders fitting against lthe inner edges of the sides of the frame to prevent longitudinalmovement of the bars, curtain-roller brackets mounted on the bar, the blocks 7, secured to the top of the frame at the center thereof and having their inner edges beveled and forming a dovetailed Way, the vertically-adjustable bar provided with a longitudinal slot and having its side edges beveled on its outer face and tting between the blocks and having a flat inner face bearing against the top of the frame, said vertically-adj ustable bar having its lower end centrallyand permanently secured tothe horizontal bar, and a set-screw mounted on the top of the frame and arranged between the blocks and passing through the longitudinal slot of the vertical bar and securing the latter in its adjustment, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. BANKS.

Witnesses:

J. A. MUERELL, J. A. M CCASLEY. 

